12-letter words containing r, a, d, i, l, s
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deliverables — items named in a contract, course, or project that must be delivered for its successful completion
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- demilitarise — (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- desacralized — Simple past tense and past participle of desacralize.
- desacralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desacralize.
- desirability — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- destabilizer — a person who or a thing that destabilizes
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- disagreeably — In a disagreeable manner.
- disassembler — A program for converting machine code into a low-level symbolic language.
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discretional — discretionary.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disqualifier — One who, or that which, disqualifies.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- dissimilarly — In a dissimilar way; differently.
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractedly — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.